Aquinas Institute - Arete Yearbook (Rochester, NY)

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RALPH CHARLKS WIDMAN “Ralph 195 Campbell Park Holy Family When it cornea to chemistry class. Ralph in always the most anient believer in theories. If he ran net out of school without any one of the faculty siting him he diligently goes to his plan- of business as drug store clerk. Whenever he is not working lie spends a goodly part of his time playfully battling with his fellow classmates Some teacher try to argue with him about scientific theories but Ralph always seems to give them a good run. He expects to be a great scientist some day and we think he is the making of one. CLAYTON CHARLKS WOODRCFF Clapt” 121H Ontario Street Corpus Christi The more fortunate of us are endowed with either a pleasing personality, good looks, or wealth. Clayt is certainly most fortunate in l eing granted all three, the last mentioned seems of little consequence as he intends to become a banker and as such we have complete assurance of his sucre . During the year he has gallantly tussled with the higher mathematic so that in later life he will be able to efficiently make out his income tax reports. On his becoming a financial king, we hope he will not forget his less fortunate fellow students nor his Alma Mater. WILLIAM JAMES WARNER Wildcat ' 13Vi Richard Street Blessed Sacrament Bill, ''Collegiate Bill to be exact, is the social hound of our class Paul Whitcmnn and Hughie Barrett are well nruuainted with a good-natured fellow in twenty-two inchers.” stepping to the strains of his Syncopated Blues.” Bill, however, does not allow his social functions to interfere with his studies for he is a most favorable person in the eye of his teachers. However. Bill’s excuses are the only thorns in the side of our English teacher and these are not ao painful, because he seldom see them. Bill has all the car-mark of a college chap and all he needs is a diploma. But just watch him get it like a true wildcat. hive feen

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FRANCIS EDWARD ST. DENIS Saint” Rod Crook, N.Y. St. Mary' An all around good follow and student in Francis. Ilia congenial manner ami keen sense of humor make him appreciated and welcome in any circle. Our plana to make him an understudy of Harold Lloyd were altered when we realized hia ability in the engineering line We have great hopes for Francis as a mechanical genius, and should not be amazed to see him the constructor of the first elevated railway in Rochester. JOHN JOSEPH TANGNEY John” 329 Plymouth Avenue Merriman School. Cincinnati John has impressed us as l eing a person of deep thought and power, a person who possi-sse the abilty to reason intelligently and soundly on vital and difficult problems. It is because of these fluidities that we have sought his prudent advice and counsel on many complicated questions which were beyond our understanding. We feel sure that John’s prudence and wisdom will play the same important part in the world’ affairs as they have in schooj activities and we are confident that they will la the medium of his reaching the goal of Success. LESLIE THOMAS SPIEGEL “ ’’ W)7 Wilkins Street Holy Redeemer Here we have the highly touted, proud possessor of that schoolgirl complexion To make the acquaintance of lx ” is to know the true Palmolive. Rut I Arm' activities are not confined to soap. His taciturn method of learning seems to be a most successful one. His scholastic standing and his court and diamond performance are closely rivaled by his ability a a dancer. He is l ound to be a winner in life as is evidenced by his journalistic prowess maintained in the sport section of one of our prominent dailies throughout the past season. His true character is marred only by the fact that lie trie t ti ll u he doesn't study. Nevertheless, none rank higher in our respect and admiration than lx .” eighteen

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Green be the sod above thee, Friend of our high school days! None knew thee but to love thee. None named thee but to praise. Adapted. A friend! Yes, a friend indeed! Harold Murphy was a true, loyal comrade, one to be depended upon; one who never counted the cost of kindness; a friend in need. At all times he was at the service of his school and classmates. He was not selfish; not harm bearing; but ever willing, generous, dutiful. An enemy to no one; a wary foe compelling wariness in his adversary as he built up about him reinforcements which generally proved unconquerable. As a classmate he ever upheld what was just and right; he made goodness victorious; and he conquered wrong. He was a dispeller of gloom and the harbinger of mirth and joy. A student? Yes! One to be relied upon, one not endowed with extraordinary mental power but one who achieved great things through constant endeavor. He was not, however, a grind, a bookworm, a dreamer; he was an ardent student. Justice must have ever been his slogan for it was this manly virtue he upheld in study, in class activities, and in all his dealings with his friends. He asked little. He gave all he had in the service of his classmates and fellow-students. A man? Yes. When shall we look upon the like again? He could stand on his feet and talk for himself, not boastful but ever conscious of the value of true worth. Fettered by physical weakness, he travelled a path not free from obstacles, a path on which many of stronger physique would have stumbled and even fallen in surrender. Not he! By his gentle calmness labor became sweet. Again we say he was a friend, a student, a man ! A man in the making; a student whom a teacher should rejoice in meeting; a friend, this he was to us, his classmates who will treasure his memory while we grieve in his loss. God rest thee, friend! This sweetly simple prayer We whisper o’er and o’er; May Christ conduct thee to His mansioned home Where sorrow is no more! And when, the cycling years now wholly sped, We reach the eternal shore, You’ll welcome to the Palace of the King Aquinas' Class of nineteen twenty-four. Louis Edelman.